LA VALLEE FEMALE SEMINARY COURSE OF STUDY, 1839.
Situated in Halifax county (equidistant) 20 miles between the towns of Halifax and Warrenton. The subscriber respectfully notifies his friends and the public generally, that the above institution will be open for the reception of pupils on Monday the 7th of January. The institution will be under the care of two Ladies from the North, who bring with them the highest recommendations from gentlemen of the first standing, of their moral and literary attainments.
Thankful for the very liberal patronage hitherto received, he flatters himself that with all advantages in point of healthy location, ample accommodations of buildings and instructions of the highest grade, the school will rise still higher in merit and public estimation.
The following branches will be taught in the above institution:— Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar, Elementary Geography, United States History, and Arithmetic; Geology, Ancient and Modern History, Universal Geography, American History, Rhetorick, Logic, Natural Philosophy, Comstocks; Arnott's Physics, Geometry, Algebra, Astronomy, Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, Physiology, Elements of Criticism, Chemistry and Botany.
For the above branches per session of five months......... $10.00
French per session of five months....................... 7.50
Latin......do.......do......................... 5.00
Music on the Piano Forte............................. 15.00
Music on the Harp................................... 30.00
Music on the Guitar.................................. 10.00
Drawing and Painting in Water Colors.................. 5.00
Mezzotinting, wax flowers and fruit together............. 15.00
When taken separately, each........................... 8.00
Board, one half in advance............................ 40.00
Halifax co., N. C, Dec. 20. 1838. Tippoo S. BRownlow.
David Outlaw, Bertie,
Samuel Arrington, Nash,
J. R. J. Daniel, Raleigh,
Isaac Hilliard, Halifax
Rev. S. Weller, Halifax,
Mason L. Wiggins, Halifax
Trustees.
—The Star, January 9,1839.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
